Post lumbar spinal fusion with nerve pain in knee/leg

My Neurologist first put me on Gabapentin. It kept me up all night long and did nothing for the Pain.
As a last resort (didn't want surgery) we tried Tumeric. I take Quanol Tumeric (Orange Box). It is absorbed
and works like magic. I take two daily since 2022. I also have been on Osteo Bi-Flex for knees since 2014.
Take the box with the Green strip that says Tumeric. That is the Pharmacist's instruction. It works like magic.

L5 - S1 fusion 11/17,taking gabapentin,dialudid,Valium,Tylenol but leg pain is 7 to 8 every night. Am doing exercises as directed. Took 5 day prednisone to relieve inflammation but severe pain persists
Dr believes at this point,my pain is to be expected. What other ideas exist for me? Follow-up x-ray 12/29.

Im having same but mine is in arm..im on the prednisone third day its,working but im worried when it ende. My surgeon says not nerve pain maybe gout after surgery which can happen ..also I woke up after surgery with no eyesight in left eye! my surgeon has done over 2000 abd never seen this. no stroke..clot. eye specialist says everything normal. I go back too eye doctor December 15..praying my sight returns.

I had severe leg pain after S-1 L5 fusion, where both legs felt like lightning bolts were shooting down to my toes—horrible pain. I spoke with my surgeon, who finally agreed for me to continue with Epidurals. That was three years ago, and I continue with pain, though not as severe. It is now more of a constant burning sensation. The epidurals are my lifesaver.

This is kind of an old thread but I wanted to ask you what does your ridicular pain feel like? I have throbbing in my calf muscles after I walk even just a few steps. I had a laminotomy with no fusion and my symptoms returned after 4 months. The surgeon said it was the nerves re-enerating whatever that means. Sounds similar to what you're being told that it's the nerves healing? Mine never got better and it's a year and a half later so now they're telling me I need fusion but I'm concerned that nerve pain will not be helped by fusion. How are you now after more time has passed.?

I had back surgery in March this year. Fusion L3and L4 with a spacer. Surgery went well. I was hoping it would relieve the back and calf pain , yes calf pain, but it did not. I'm walking with a cane now and am not giving up. Surgeon suggested B12, Alpha Lipoic Acid and Magnesium for my nerve pain. My daughter found this Pain Academy on YouTube and podcast on Spotify. This person broke his back surfing and for years even after the back healed, he still had severe pain. He went on to do a lot of research and he finally figured wlit out....out head and our body are not communicating as they should. Even though put scans and MRI/X-rays showed the body is heal , our nervous system still remembers the pain. Our mind has to unlearn this sensation. Do you think this make sense?

@loriesco thanks for your input. I'm curious about your NSAID injections. I believed all the pain injections I had in my butt had steroid. Unless youre meaning it's a Botox type med to release muscle tightness in the piriformis?

@jbapaints394 There are things beside steroid! NSAID isn't steroid and it isn't botox! And yes, I had botox. Great stuff! Insurance covered it!